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Cheesy Leftover Turkey & Stuffing Rosemary Crostini

Perfect for all of that leftover turkey and stuffing! Makes a great weekend lunch or snack!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and rosemary work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 82 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Brush both sides of the bread slices with the olive oil and sprinkle them with the garlic powder. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 3 minutes until just crisp.

  2. Meanwhile, in a bowl, stir together the shredded cooked turkey, the leftover stuffing, and the finely chopped fresh rosemary until evenly combined.

  3. Remove the toasts from the oven and spoon the turkey and stuffing mixture evenly over each slice.

  4. Scatter the shredded mozzarella over the top. Bake for 4 to 5 minutes until the cheese has melted and the turkey is hot all the way through to 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.

  5. Let the crostini cool for 1 minute before serving.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mozzarella cheese + rosemarytop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together82 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,489 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Olive + mozzarella cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,723 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Garlic + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,179 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, olive, turkey, cornbread, mozzarella cheese, rosemary):

  1. Sagebetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Basilabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, olive, turkey, cornbread, mozzarella cheese, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).